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India overtakes Hong Kong to become the world’s seventh largest stock market

India’s stock market value has overtaken Hong Kong’s to become the seventh largest in the world as optimism about the…

Singapore’s largest bank DBS beats forecast, quarterly profit jumps 17%

Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group reported a 17% jump in third-quarter profit on Monday, benefiting from a high-interest rate…

From the World Cup sidelines, Afghanistan’s women’s team is fighting for the right to play

Brisbane, Australia CNN  —  Half-time and thousands of tiny cellphone lights are swaying in time to Coldplay’s “A Sky Full…

From highs to lows, Everest record breaker sees ‘no future’ in Nepal

Kami Rita Sherpa had stood at the top of the world just days earlier, exultant at having summited Mount Everest…

‘Our dreams never came true.’ These men helped build Qatar’s World Cup, now they are struggling to survive

CNN  —  Kamal was standing outside a shop with other migrant workers, having finished yet another grueling working day, when…